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Highlights of Singapore's Rankings from 2005 to 2011

  2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
World Economic Forum (WEF) Global Information Technology Report (GITR) Ranking 1st 2nd 3rd 5th 4th 2nd 2nd
World Economic Forum (WEF) Global Competitiveness Index (GCI) Ranking 5th 8th 7th 5th 3rd 3rd 2nd
International Institute for Management Development (IMD) World Competitiveness Yearbook Ranking 3rd 3rd 2nd 2nd 3rd 1st 3rd
Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU)
e-Readiness Ranking		 11th 13th 6th 6th 7th 8th NA
Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) Benchmarking IT Industry Competitiveness NA NA 11th
(First ranking released in 2007)		 9th 9th NA 3rd
Accenture e-Government Leadership Ranking 3rd NA* 1st NA* NA NA NA
Waseda University World
e-Government Ranking		 3rd 3rd 2nd 2nd 1st 1st 1st

* There are no rankings for that year.

Infocomm Rankings

World Economic Forum (WEF) Global Information Technology Reports (GITR) Ranking

Rank 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
1 Singapore US Denmark Denmark Denmark Sweden Sweden
2 Iceland Singapore Sweden Sweden Sweden Singapore Singapore
3 Finland Denmark Singapore Switzerland US Denmark Finland
4 Denmark Iceland Finland US Singapore Switzerland Switzerland
5 US Finland Switzerland Singapore Switzerland United States United States
6 Sweden Canada Netherlands Finland Finland Finland Taiwan, China
7 Hong Kong Taiwan US Netherlands Iceland Canada Denmark
8 Japan Sweden Iceland Iceland Norway Hong Kong Canada
9 Switzerland Switzerland UK S. Korea Netherlands Netherlands Norway
10 Canada UK Norway Norway Canada Norway S. Korea
Source: World Economic Forum Global Information Technology Reports
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Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) e-Readiness Ranking

Rank
 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
1 Denmark Denmark Denmark Denmark US Denmark Sweden
2 UK US US US Hong Kong Sweden Denmark
3 Sweden Sweden Switzerland Sweden
(joint 2nd)		 Sweden Netherlands US
4 Norway Switzerland Sweden Hong Kong Australia Norway Finland
5 Finland UK UK Switzerland Denmark US Netherlands
6 US Hong Kong Netherlands Singapore Singapore Australia Norway
7 Singapore Finland
(joint 6th)		 Finland UK Netherlands Singapore Hong Kong
8 Netherlands Netherlands Australia Netherlands UK Hong Kong Singapore
9 Hong Kong Norway Canada Australia Switzerland Canada Australia
10 Switzerland Australia Hong Kong Finland Austria Finland New Zealand
11 Canada Singapore Norway Austria Norway New Zealand Canada
12 Australia Canada Germany Norway Canada Switzerland Taiwan
13 Germany Germany
(joint 12th)		 Singapore Canada Finland UK S. Korea
14 S. Korea Austria New Zealand New Zealand Germany Austria UK
15 Austria Ireland Austria
(joint 14th)		 Bermuda Korea France Austria
Source: The Economist Intelligence Unit
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Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) Benchmarking IT Industry Competitiveness 2011

Rank
2007
2008
2009
2011
1 US US US US
2 Japan Taiwan Finland Finland
3 S. Korea UK Sweden Singapore
4 UK Sweden Canada Sweden
5 Australia Denmark Netherlands UK
6 Taiwan Canada UK Denmark
7 Sweden Australia Australia Canada
8 Denmark S. Korea Denmark Ireland
9 Canada Singapore Singapore Australia
10 Switzerland Netherlands Norway Netherlands
11 Singapore Switzerland Ireland Israel
12 Netherlands Japan Japan Switzerland
13 Finland Finland Israel Taiwan
14 Norway Norway Switzerland Norway
15 Ireland Ireland Taiwan Germany
Source: The Economist Intelligence Unit
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e-Government Rankings

Accenture e-Government Customer Service Maturity Ranking

Rank 2003 2004 2005 2007
1 Canada Canada Canada Singapore
2 Singapore Singapore US Canada
3 US US Denmark US
4 Denmark Australia Singapore (joint 3rd) Denmark
5 Australia Denmark (joint 4th) Australia Sweden
Source: Accenture e-Government Leadership Reports
Note: Accenture did not rank the economies in 2006 and 2008.
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Waseda University World e-Government Ranking

Rank
 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
1 USA USA USA USA Singapore Singapore Singapore
2 Canada Canada Singapore Singapore USA UK USA
3 Singapore Singapore Canada Canada Sweden USA Sweden
4 Finland Japan Japan Korea UK Canada Korea
5 Sweden Korea Korea Japan Japan Australia Finland
6 Australia Germany Australia Hong Kong Korea Japan Japan
7 Japan Taiwan Finland Australia Canada Korea Canada
8 Hong Kong Australia Taiwan Finland Taiwan Germany Estonia
9 Malaysia UK UK Sweden Finland Sweden Belgium
10 UK Finland Sweden Taiwan Germany, Italy Taiwan, Italy UK, Denmark
Source: The 2010 Waseda University World e-Government Ranking
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Overall Competitiveness

World Economic Forum (WEF) Global Competitiveness Index (GCI) Ranking

Rank 2004 2005 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
1 US US US US Switzerland Switzerland Switzerland
2 Finland UK Switzerland Switzerland US Sweden Singapore
3 Denmark Denmark Denmark Denmark Singapore Singapore Sweden
4 Switzerland Switzerland Sweden Sweden Sweden US Finland
5 Singapore Japan Germany Singapore Denmark Germany US
6 Germany Finland Finland Finland Finland Japan Germany
7 Sweden Germany Singapore Germany Germany Finland Netherlands
8 Taiwan Singapore Japan Netherlands Japan Netherlands Denmark
9 UK Sweden UK Japan Canada Denmark Japan
10 Japan Hong Kong Netherlands Canada Netherlands Canada UK
Source: World Economic Forum Global Competitiveness Reports
Note: The WEF revised its methodology for the 2007 GCI. The WEF also rebased the 2006 rankings using the revised methodology so that economies can compare their progress between the 2006 and 2007 results. The WEF did not do similar rebasing for the GCI rankings prior to 2006.
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International Institute for Management Development (IMD) World Competitiveness
Yearbook Ranking

Rank 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
1 US US US US US Singapore Hong Kong, US
2 Hong Kong Hong Kong Singapore Singapore Hong Kong Hong Kong -
3 Singapore Singapore Hong Kong Hong Kong Singapore US Singapore
4 Iceland Iceland Luxembourg Switzerland Switzerland Switzerland Sweden
5 Canada Denmark Denmark Luxembourg Denmark Australia Switzerland
6 Finland Australia Switzerland Denmark Sweden Sweden Taiwan
7 Denmark Canada Iceland Australia Australia Canada Canada
8 Switzerland Switzerland Netherlands Canada Canada Taiwan Qatar
9 Australia Luxembourg Sweden Sweden Finland Norway Australia
10 Luxembourg Finland Canada Netherlands Netherlands Malaysia Germany
Source: International Institute for Management Development World Competitiveness Yearbooks
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World's Top Services Locations

2007 Rank Economy
1 India
2 China
3 Malaysia
4 Thailand
5 Brazil
6 Indonesia
7 Chile
8 Philippines
9 Bulgaria
10 Mexico
11 Singapore
Source: A.T. Kearney Global Services Location Index 2007
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Ease of Doing Business

World's Easiest Place to Do Business

Rank 2008 2009 2010 2011
1 Singapore Singapore Singapore Singapore
2 New Zealand New Zealand Hong Kong, China Hong Kong, China
3 US US New Zealand New Zealand
4 Hong Kong, China Hong Kong, China UK UK
5 Denmark Denmark US US
6 UK UK Denmark Denmark
7 Canada Ireland Norway Canada
8 Ireland Canada Ireland Norway
9 Australia Australia Canada Ireland
10 Iceland Norway Australia Australia
Source: World Bank Report: "Doing Business 2011"
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Top 20 Business Environments

Rank Country Total Score
1 Denmark 8.77
2 Canada 8.75
3 US 8.59
4 Finland 8.59
5 Hong Kong 8.58
6 Singapore 8.58
7 Netherlands 8.57
8 UK 8.57
Source: The Economist Intelligence Unit, in its Business Environment Ranking (2006-2010)
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